Tag Archives: Environment

OTTAWA - In mid January the British Columbia government announced it was looking at a wide ban on single-use plastic grocery bags to put an end to a piecemeal, city-by-city approach to the problem of ...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney should step in to reverse a decision by the province's energy regulator to suspend most environmental monitoring in the oilpatch, says the province's Oppos...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is changing its coal policies in a move it says is intended to make it easier to develop open-pit mines in one of the province's most sensitive areas. "Government is ...

CALGARY - Recent environmental monitoring exemptions for the oilsands have been broadened to include Alberta's entire energy industry. The Alberta Energy Regulator says the de...

OTTAWA - Most major Canadian cities saw drastic improvements in air quality over the last two months as COVID-19 kept people at home instead of on the roads. Experts say cleaner air, even just fo...

It may not feel like it the morning after a blizzard, but Canada gets less snow than it used to - a lot less. That's the conclusion of scientists at Environment Canada, who have just published wh...

Measures taken to fight the COVID-19 pandemic have cut worldwide greenhouse gas emissions by 17 per cent, says newly published research. The authors of the study warn the figure shows climate cha...

BURNABY, B.C. - An endangered American white pelican found near death on a lake in British Columbia's southern Okanagan last fall is to be reunited with its flock. A statement from Burn...

WASHINGTON - Joe Biden's campaign lobbed a spanner into Alberta's post-pandemic economic recovery strategy Monday with a promise to rip up U.S. President Donald Trump's approvals for the Keystone...

OTTAWA - Canada's national environment agenda is the latest thing to be upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, as plans for both beefing up national climate targets and banning some plastics are likely to ...